Rainbow Cake with Pink Butter-cream Frosting

Rainbow Cake with Pink Butter-cream Frosting

* Prep. Time : 40 minutes
* Cook Time : 35 - 40 minutes
* Serves : 6 - 8

Cake :

• 120 gm plain flour
• 2 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 2 eggs, yolks & whites separated
• 120 gm butter, soft
• 120 gm castor sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 tbsp milk
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tbsp icing sugar
• Food colors ... Pink,Yellow, Green,etc.

Butter-cream :

• 100g butter,softened
• 140g icing sugar,sifted
• Few drops of vanilla/strawberry extract (optional)
• Pink food color

Decoration :

• White chocolate chips,as required
• Color sprinkles,as required

Cake :

• Preheat oven at 180 C.
• Grease an 8" inch round cake tin,line base with greaseproof paper.
• Sift plain flour and baking powder together in a bowl.
• Whip egg whites in a dry & clean bowl till soft peaks form.
• In a separate bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg yolks.Fold in egg whites in butter mixture.
• Now gradually fold in the flour mixture.
• In a small bowl,combine cocoa powder, icing sugar and milk; mix until smooth.
• Divide the cake batter into 5 portions.
• Mix in the colourings to the 3 portions, mix cocoa mixture in one portion while keeping one plain.
• Pour the batter into the centre of your greased cake tin one color at a time.
• Repeat until you are done with all the batter.
• Bake for about 35-40 minutes or till cake is done.
• Turn cake on wire rack and leave to cool.

Butter-cream :

• Beat the butter until smooth and creamy.
• Gradually beat in icing sugar.
• Beat in vanilla/strawberry extract and food color.
• Spread the butter cream over the top & sides of the cooled cake.
• Spoon remaining icing into a pastry bag fitted with desired decorating tip; pipe icing decorations onto cake as desired.
• Sprinkle white chocolate chips & color sprinkles on top.Press white chocolate chips on the sides of the cake.

Sending this to the event Celebrate Sweets – Cakes hosted this month by Sonia at Dinner Recipes from Sonia's Kitchen , started by Nivedita 

 

 

 

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